Substrate

A working library of design, type, and visual culture.

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Dripping in “Arab nostalgia”, 3asal mag platforms MENA creatives who are abandoning conformity and thrashing outdated stereotypes

Photographer Anu Kumar on reconnecting with her Indian heritage, failing exams and recipes for weddings

The View From Mumbai: the Indian photographers taking back control through self-publishing

Arab pop music meets 80s video game aesthetics in Moath Bin Hafez’s pixel art creations

Dishoom collaborates with illustrator Manjit Thapp on T-shirts memorialising iconic Indian women

Moksha captures the diversity of religious rituals across India

Celebrating the riders who keep their small Peruvian island on the map and on the move

From Seoul to Chennai, London and back to Seoul again: Joonho Ko explains how travel has aided his illustrative practice

The personal is political: Haitham Haddad’s journey to bring Arabic back to public spaces in Palestine

Antique pocket watches from a collection, in Kolkata

Fish of Australia poster, Corrie St Seafood and Indian, Chermside IMGP2534

Flickr - …trialsanderrors - Visit India, travel poster, ca. 1935 (cropped)

Arte Foto Andréia Lima MC Online Fortaleza (2) (4483142660)

Studio 40Mustaqel challenges the discourse of design in the Arab Swana region

“I look for ways to distill the complexities of heartbreak and joy”: Prarthna Singh reflects on gender and politics in India today

Ana Flores on growing a photographic practice from her Peruvian roots

Lyon Arabic is the new counterpart of a Commercial Type favourite, informed by Naskh and Nastaliq scripts

Vintage Arab cassette tapes inspired Sometimes Always’ fiery identity for Fouta Harissa

Te Mata: a studio visually adjusting “the still diluted Peruvian identity”

This typeface answers a key question: What if Indian typography refused to play ‘catch-up’ with the west?

Why minimalist aesthetics (smuggled in as the language of progress) are stifling truly Arab design

In northern India, Bharat Sikka photographs the Khasi people’s deep understanding of nature

A Dança uma das varias expressões da teia Foto Karol Lima MC Online (4483136770)

Even after the loss of his eyesight, Indian artist Benode Behari Mukherjee continued to inspire generations of creativity

The View from Mumbai: three projects honouring and innovating with Indian street typography

Hark1karan’s documentation of the Indian Farmers’ Protest shows the multifaceted nature of activism

Brown Brit traces the life of an Indian mother through an assemblage of VHS tapes

We dive into a new archive of over 1,000 book covers from the Arab world

Type foundry Boharat Cairo on the vast possibilities of Arabic type design

How the creative Punjabi diaspora turned out in support of the Indian Farmers’ Protest

Introducing The Irregular Times, India’s first quarterly art and design newspaper

Music, typography and Indian politics combine in Suprit Parulkar’s design portfolio

James Stuart is railing against boring design with techniques inspired by the spirit of Arabic hardcore music

Gauri Gill’s photographs of indigenous Indian artists reimagines the power of mask-making traditions

Retrofuturism and maximalism collide in Boomranng Studio’s Mumbai-inspired campaign for Nike

Arab Organisation for Human Rights in the UK logo

Samar Maakaroun’s visual identity for The Mosaic Rooms challenges reductive narratives around Arab identities

The View From Mumbai: Indian packaging design fusing heritage and contemporary culture

The View From Cairo: how Helmi Eltouni’s al-Hilal book covers carved a modern Arab aesthetic

El Museo de Arte de Lima (MALI)

Prarthna Singh challenges the western idea of women in India

Instituto Kaingang Jare Rio Grande do Sul Foto Karol Lima MC Online (11) (4483162752)

How Boomranng Studio bring Indian folklore and “cosmicpunk” to high-end client work

Shashank Verma spotlights the “intergenerational resilience” of postcolonial India

Osheen Siva on their bold illustrations incorporating Indian mythology and folklore

“I am trying to show what home looks like for me”: Illustrator Dom Campistron shines a light on queer stories from Basque culture

Ashish Shah conjures up the essence of Mumbai in a collaborative photo series with scent brand Byredo

Raajadharshini documents the spirit of an Indian community rebuilding after flooding

Logo & Branding Services Chennai

Ana Flores sees photography as “an essential tool” to explore her Peruvian roots

What’s in store for the future of Arabic visual culture? Archief Cairo on communicating across borders

From Rihanna at Barnbrook Studios, to a queer Arab archive: Marwan Kaabour’s graphic design is incredibly bold

Wikifunctions logo Arabic horizontal in colour

Wikimedia Meta-Wiki logo Arabic vertical in black

WWII Arabic Poster Boeing B-29 Superfortress

Wikiversity logo Arabic vertical in black

Wikimedia logo Arabic horizontal in colour

Wikiquote logo Arabic horizontal in colour

Wikimedia Foundation logo Arabic horizontal in white

Wikivoyage logo Arabic horizontal in white

Wikimedia Meta-Wiki logo Arabic horizontal in colour

Wikimedia Foundation logo Arabic vertical in black

Wikiversity logo Arabic horizontal in black

Wikimedia Meta-Wiki logo Arabic vertical in colour

Wikidata logo Arabic vertical in white

Metropolitano Lima logo con letras

Wikimedia Meta-Wiki logo Arabic horizontal in black

Wikifunctions logo Arabic vertical in white

Wikinews logo Arabic horizontal in colour

Wikimedia Movement logo Arabic vertical in white

Wikimedia logo Arabic horizontal in white

Wikimedia Incubator logo Arabic vertical in colour

MediaWiki logo Arabic vertical in colour

Wikiquote logo Arabic vertical in colour

Wikispecies logo Arabic vertical in black

Wikifunctions logo Arabic horizontal in black

Wikimedia Foundation logo Arabic horizontal in black

MediaWiki logo Arabic horizontal in colour

Wikibooks logo Arabic horizontal in black

Wikinews logo Arabic vertical in black